Bros Before Prose

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This week we discuss the second half of Part 3 of The Way of Kings, chapters 41-51 and interludes I-7 through I-9. We also discuss the upcoming Cosmere RPG from Brotherwise Games and just how much we still don’t know about the setting.

Next time, as we try to catch up to our release schedule, we will be discussing the first half of Part 4, chapters 52-61 on April 4th!

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This week we discuss the first half of Part 3 of The Way of Kings. We discuss whether things are happening too fast or too slow, the ethics of murdering background characters in back alleys, and if Kaladin is in fact the Chose One.

We will be discussing the second half of Part 4, chapters 41-51, and the interludes I-7 - I-9 on March 7th!

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This week we discuss the rest of Part 2 of The Way of Kings. Due to some technical shenanigans, we will not be going in as fresh as usual, but we will have plenty to say about the vastness of the Cosmere.

We will be discussing the first half of Part 3, chapters 29-40, at length on February 21st!

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This week we continue our dive into the world of Roshar through chapters 12-21 of The Way of Kings. Who is this moody man once called the Blackthorn, and why is he so serious?

We will be discussing the second half of Part 2, chapters 22 - I-6, at length on February 7th! See you then!

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This week we finally dive into the Brando Sando-verse with the first novel in the epic Stormlight Archives: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. What wonders await us in Alethi, a world of rocks and unpronounceable names?

Despite what we say in the episode (and why would you believe us in the first place?) we will only be reading the first half of Part 2, chapters 12-21, which we will discuss at length on January 24th!

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We discuss the short stories "Liar!" "Little Lost Robot," "Escape!" "Evidence," and "The Evitable Conflict" from the short story collection I, Robot by Isaac Asimov.

Join us on January 10th, when we will discuss Part 1 of The Way of Kings, first book in The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson.

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This week we discuss the short stories “First Law," “Runaround," "Reason," and "Catch That Rabbit," from I, Robot by Isaac Asimov.

Join us on December 27th, when we will discuss the Isaac Asimov short stories"Liar!" "Little Lost Robot," "Escape!" "Evidence," and "The Evitable Conflict" from I, Robot.

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This week we discuss the short stories “Ulan Dhor” and “Guyal of Sfere” from The Dying Earth by Jack Vance.

We get to see some sci-fi sneaking into our pulp fantasy, and finally get to follow some protagonists who are not complete psychopaths!

Join us on December 13th, when we will discuss the Isaac Asimov short stories “Runaround," "Reason," and "Catch That Rabbit," from I, Robot; as well as the story “First Law,” featured in either The Rest of the Robots or The Complete Robot.

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This week we discuss the short stories “Turjan of Miir,” “Mazirian the Magician,” “T’sais,” and “Liane the Wayfarer” from The Dying Earth by Jack Vance.

Join us November 29th when discuss “Ulan Dhor” and “Guyal of Sfere,” the last two short stories in The Dying Earth.

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This week we discuss chapters 46-57 of the novel Jade City, part of the Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee.

Join us November 15th when discuss the short stories “Turjan of Miir,” “Mazirian the Magician,” “T’sais,” and “Liane the Wayfarer,” the first four stories in The Dying Earth by Jack Vance.

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